On Saturday evening, when militants carried out an attack in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district despite beefed-up security ahead of Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit, it left Constable Imtiyaz Ahmad dead. Constable Imtiyaz became the seventh policeman in the past fortnight who was gunned down by militants. This year, the J&K Police have lost 25 policemen — highest in over a decade. In June, eight policemen were killed — the highest in a month. After a relative lull in attacks on the police for nearly two months after June, militants have…
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